<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hmm no mention of any comms received?? All encrypted I would think<br><br><div>Bob the Bookman</div><div><br></div><br></div><div><br>On 10/11/2013, at 6:43 PM, Mike Bailey <<a href="mailto:tahiini@gmail.com">tahiini@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">This afternoon there was a P3 Orion at Invercargill airport which was a part of it apparently. While I was there I saw some crew getting gear from the Fire/Rescue guys, yellow crates and orange pelican cases labelled "Vertical". May be radio gear, and maybe live ammo in the crate?<div>
<br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Mike ZL4OM</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 6:14 PM, RayC <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rcolvill@paradise.net.nz" target="_blank">rcolvill@paradise.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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vehicles on a beach inside the Timaru harbour.</div></div>
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to a French helicopter pilot at about 200 ft. and saw him wave back.</div></div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:small;display:inline;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';font-weight:normal">Saw
a C17 Globe master disgorge 4 vehicles and 50 US troops.</div></div>
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C17 came over my house at 600 ft. at 9.30 pm in darkness on Saturday to
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from many countries in full combat gear including guns walking the streets
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A+P Showground's site.</div></div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:small;display:inline;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';font-weight:normal">Being
challenged by army personnel to get into the airport, no problem but with
machine gun posts</div></div>
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barbed wire to make you slow down. Spoke to two US troop members to say
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the latest j series Hercules of Aussie with 6 bladed props on each
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<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:small;display:inline;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';font-weight:normal">Finally
got to see the two NH90 helis and the two Iroquois arrive.</div></div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:small;display:inline;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';font-weight:normal">Surprised
to see the amount of female integration into the defence force, one lady was
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<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:small;display:inline;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';font-weight:normal">The
Uniden UBCD 396XT close call feature has been a godsend for me.</div></div>
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